TN Commit David Oku

#555
#555
Volsguy12 said:
you're wrong. i know plenty of people from my high school that have gotten 18-19 on their ACTs and got into UT.
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not anymore. with the hope scholarship, UT's standards have gone way up. The average ACT before the hope was a 24.7 and now it's up to a 27. The average GPA's gone up like .3 points as well. That's a big spike over 4 years. People with 18-19's are only getting in if they have disabilities, are minorities, have connections through promise school, or have a huge boatload of extracurricular leadership. I'm a student who works in the admissions office, and they don't give 18-19's a second glance unless there's something else connected with it
 
#556
#556
yea but even for Oku to improve is ACT to an 18 or 19 will be difficult. You normally only improve your ACT score a couple points.
 
#557
#557
dannyb826 said:
not anymore. with the hope scholarship, UT's standards have gone way up. The average ACT before the hope was a 24.7 and now it's up to a 27. The average GPA's gone up like .3 points as well. That's a big spike over 4 years. People with 18-19's are only getting in if they have disabilities, are minorities, have connections through promise school, or have a huge boatload of extracurricular leadership. I'm a student who works in the admissions office, and they don't give 18-19's a second glance unless there's something else connected with it
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Thank you.
 
#558
#558
well unless my 4 friends have huge connections, disabilities or are in the minority that i don't know about. they got in with 19s last year.
 
#560
#560
ha trust me, they don't have connections. i made a 23 and didn't get in and i have an uncle that has been a professor there for years and years. but anyway. hope we land Oku and he can make it into school :thumbsup:
 
#566
#566
it got rescheduled to October so his dad could be there. I thought his dad was coming in before tomorrow, but i was mistaken.
 
#568
#568
This dude is killing me. I thought I would be a fan regardless of where he ends up, but if he doesn't choose the vols I'm going to be pissed.
 
#570
#570
Volsguy12 said:
ha trust me, they don't have connections. i made a 23 and didn't get in and i have an uncle that has been a professor there for years and years. but anyway. hope we land Oku and he can make it into school :thumbsup:
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So you got a 23 and didn't get in. Your friends got in with 19s. Were they athletes? Did they all have like 4.0 GPAs but couldn't take a test? Do you know the reason for this despairity? Just curious, my niece got a 24 and she didn't get in.
 
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tsvol06 said:
So you got a 23 and didn't get in. Your friends got in with 19s. Were they athletes? Did they all have like 4.0 GPAs but couldn't take a test? Do you know the reason for this despairity? Just curious, my niece got a 24 and she didn't get in.
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yea, i really don't know. they aren't athletes or anything like that. guys just like me. i guess i applied too late or something. thats why i'm stuck at ETSU for 2 years.
 
#573
#573
Volsguy12 said:
yea, i really don't know. they aren't athletes or anything like that. guys just like me. i guess i applied too late or something. thats why i'm stuck at ETSU for 2 years.
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Thanks for the reply, It's kind of amazing they got in with 19s (the average ACT score was 25 or 26 for the last fresh. class). Anyway, Johnson City isn't that bad and it will make you appreciate Knoxville once you get there.
 
#574
#574
Oku will be in Knoxville for the Florida game this weekend for an official visit, per govolsxtra.
 
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